Ye reshmi zulfein ye sharbati aankhen

“Do Raaste” was one of the earlier hits of Rajesh Khanna. This movie, like most hits of Rajesh Khanna, had many hit songs. In fact, I am coming round to the view that many movies of those days became hits thanks to their music and the credit went to the Hero, often undeservedly. There are people who think that Rajendra Kumar movies were hits thanks to the music of his movies, and not because of his tragic roles.
Coming to this movie, which was one of the stepping stones towards superstardom for Rajesh Khanna, music definitely made a sizeable contribution in the success of this movie. And just look at the songs. They are popular even today. I have posted a song from this movie earlier (“Bindiya chamkegi”), and there are more songs from this movie that are yet to be posted.

Here is another evergreen iconic song from this movie. The phrase “ye reshmi zulfein” became a very popular phrase with budding “shayars”, wanna be “aashiques” etc, after this song was released.